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Originally Posted by Deane Johnson
They obviously lost money on these things, but $500 isn't believable. I don't know anything about the blog that's reporting this, but many things on blogs turn out to be a lot of BS.
Keep in mind, Toshiba didn't get the $98. They reportedly sold them to Wal-Mart for $50 each.
Makes me wonder, however, how much money Toshiba is willing to throw down this rat hole before they decide enough is enough.
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Here's another site stating that iSuppli calculates the parts needed to build an HD DVD player is $674 as of approximately June 2006, and it states that it doesn't include the cost of assembly, packaging, peripherals, distribution, advertising, software development, etc.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/06...layer_subsidy/
Even if the cost of the parts were cheaper come November, I don't think $500 is too far off the mark.